[LINK] Man 'hacks' Google Maps traffic measure using a trolley of smartphones

[Marghanita da Cruz]

Simon Weckert is the "Man" - Art at its best!

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>   Google Maps Hacks
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>     Performance & Installation, 2020
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> " 99 second hand smartphones are transported in a handcart to generate 
> virtual traffic jam in Google Maps.Through this activity, it is 
> possible to turn a green street red which has an impact in the 
> physical world by navigating cars on another route to avoid being 
> stuck in traffic. " #googlemapshacks 
> <http://www.google.com/search?q=googlemapshacks>

http://www.simonweckert.com/googlemapshacks.html

https://www.abc.net.au/news/2020-02-04/man-creates-fake-traffic-jam-on-google-maps-by-carting-99-phones/11929136? 


On 7/2/20 3:36 pm, Andy Farkas wrote:
> On 7/02/2020 2:14 pm, Paul Bolger wrote:
>> I picture Google's AI having a paranoid episode when the 'traffic jam'
>> approached the Google office: "The cars are coming to get me!"
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> The point the artist was trying to make was to show how much people 
> rely/trust the interweb.
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> Give me a Gregorey's any day!
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> -andyf
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